Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Multi-Specialty Lung Cancer Program

Combating lung cancer swiftly and efficiently requires a team of experts working together to understand the diagnosis and develop an individualized plan of care to improve outcomes.

At Albany Medical Center, patients benefit from a multispecialty expert team of physicians, nurses and other professionals who do just that. The Multi-Specialty Lung Cancer Program was established to provide state-of-the-art, comprehensive care for our lung cancer patients.

State-of-the-art diagnostic services and techniques for accurate diagnosis and staging:

Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)

Advanced, diagnostic bronchoscopy including Narrow Band Imaging

Mediastinoscopy

CT-guided needle biopsy

Treatment with the latest modalities:

Minimally invasive thoracic surgery techniques

Chemotherapy/targeted therapy

High Dose Rate Brachytherapy

Radio Frequency Ablation

Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)

Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)

Interventional bronchoscopy

A Team of ExpertsThe Multi-Specialty Lung Cancer Program is centered on a multidisciplinary conference where all the specialists needed to care for your lung cancer are present in one room to discuss your case and make the best diagnosis and treatment decisions possible.

Patients are guided through every step of the process by the support of a dedicated nurse navigator. This nurse not only helps to streamline the process—from scheduling appointments and procedures to testing and follow-up care—but serves as a single point of contact for patients and their families to answer questions.

Who Should Be Referred to the Multi-Specialty Lung Cancer Program?

Patients with a new diagnosis of lung cancerPatients with recurrent lung cancerPost-operative lung cancer patients for consideration of adjuvant treatmentPatients with imaging highly suggestive of lung cancerPatients with other cancers that have spread to the lungPatients seeking a second opinion

Contact UsFor more information on our program or to schedule an appointment please call (518) 262-5196